Luzes da dominação - a usina hidrelétrica de Xingó e as relações de poder da Chesf na cidade de Piranhas-AL (1980-2000)

Abstract

The construction of a hydroelectric on the lower San Francisco implies several actions of social and structural impact in the place where the work was carried out, creating, in the case studied, in its structure, a modern advance, however, causing divergences in the social sphere . The present work aims to analyze the power relations that occurred in Piranhas / AL in the period from 1980 to 2000 from the social impacts that the presence of Chesf (Companhia Hidroelétrica do São Francisco) caused. The research was carried out through sources such as interviews, bibliography and Chesf reports, following a path already started in previous works. The aim of this research is to test the hypothesis of the existence of oligarchic practices used by Chesf with subaltern groups in the city of Piranhas and around the Xingó lake. One of them was the triggering of forms of separation that the piranhenses were not used to experiencing. These changes ended up being incorporated into the daily lives of the population, and even today, they exist.